Random conversation in Matt McGrath’s office a couple years ago after reading Nick Chrisman’s book we all knew

ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) begins development of ARPANET to allow resource sharing among subcontractors

• ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) begins development of ARPANET to allow resource sharing among subcontractors

• Wide-area packet-switching network
• Eventually evolved into the Internet

Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) deliver first Interface Message Processor (IMP) to Leonard Kleinrock’s group at UCLA

• Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) deliver first Interface Message Processor (IMP) to Leonard Kleinrock’s group at UCLA

• A packet-switching node used to connect computers to the original ARPANET
• The first generation of what is known as a router
• A ruggedized Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer with special-purpose interfaces and software
• It was attached to a SDS Sigma-7
• Funded by ARPA